United States Patent and Trademark Office
February 2008 - August 2022Patent Examiner
I looked at applications, found documentation to show an invention was or was not new, and wrote letters telling inventors why they could or couldn't have a patent. I also held interviews with inventors and attorneys explaining when a change to an application would make it patentable, and other interviews explaining why it wasn't patentable.
Anne Arundel Community College
September 2001 - January 2008Math tutor
mostly time in the walk in math lab. Because it's a community college, I helped with math remedial through calculus, and also physics, chemistry, and once even astronomy, because the science lab had a lot more subjects to cover and I saw no reason not to help whoever asked.